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Religion in the 2012 Republican Presidential Primary Season

In 2008, 44 percent of Republican presidential primary voters were self-identified evangelicals, making evangelicals a key GOP constituency for the 2012 primary season and forcing candidates to articulate their religious values and perspectives. A three-minute news video prepared for Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly by correspondent Kim Lawton provides an overview of the religious dimension of the 2012 primary season. A related five-minute video offers excerpts from speeches by front-runners Mitt Romney, Herman Cain and Rick Perry, who shared their religious perspectives and commitments at the Values Voter Summit held in October 2011.